You would think that going to the zoo would have been the highlight of Nicholas' weekend, but then we one-upped ourselves by taking him to a baseball game the following day.
In our efforts to explore our new surroundings and pile in all sorts of fun before Joe leaves for Philly, we spent Saturday morning at the Roger Williams Zoo in Providence, RI and Sunday afternoon at a Worcester Tornadoes game. They were both activities that scored pretty high, high enough we plan to go back to each, but the humidity and scorching sun did make them a little less fun than otherwise.
We liked this zoo better than Franklin Park. The layout was better, there were more animals, and many of the animals were close, like we've gotten used to at the Baltimore Zoo.
As Joe said, you know it is a good zoo because we were at a zoo in the heat and he wasn't complaining. In fact, he was even smiling.
The baseball game was also fun, mostly because Nicholas actually got really into pieces of it. He sat and watched close to 2 innings and had enough fun searching for the mascot and eating stadium food that we stayed
for the entire game. Yes, I am shocked too. And he can now identify the pitcher and batter and explain that the pitcher throws the ball and then the batter tries to hit it. He has no interest, however, in what happens after the batter hits the ball.
But, by far his favorite parts were the mascot, a dog named Twister
the hot dogs
and the clapping.
And, for some reason or another, a few innings after we had him pose for a couple pictures
he decided that we needed to do more, and went down to stand on the stairs and insisted I take a picture. (he's looking directly into the sun here)
He then made Joe join him
Not that I'm complaining or anything.
UPDATE (JOE): Sarah left out a very salient detail. Nicholas was very surprised to learn that
everyone knows the words to "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," but was overjoyed that we all got to sing it together at the 7th-inning stretch. So much so that we continued to sing it, over and over, until sometime in the bottom of the 8th (that's about 20-30 minutes for the non-baseball fans). And then we sang it several times on the car ride home. And again coming home from school this afternoon.
Still have not gotten Abby to a baseball game. We ARE going to a Cardinals vs Cubs game next month, though...
ReplyDeleteGlad you found a better zoo. We have found that our standards are raised about things like that since we came from the same place you did. :)